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To all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that` I, JoHN JONES, of Clyde, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manner of Hanging Carriage-Bodies; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a. full,.c1ear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to `the accompanying drawings, making a part thereof7 in which- Figurel, represents a top view, and Fig. 2, represents a side view of the same.

`Similar letters in both figures represent i the same parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar manner of arranging the springs underneath the seat of. the carriage, or center of the carriage body, and the spring upon the reaches each side of the center or main springffor relieving said `main spring of a portion `of the strain` caused by4 asudden jolt or jar of the carriage. `Also in the manner of lettingdown the body of the carriage onto the reaches,

soas to have it `remain firm when stepping j into it, and which prevents the rocking or careening, of the body, by so transferring the weight from the main spring onto the reaches. j l

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same withreference to the drawings. l

Therejare two reaches A, resting on the rear axle and whichmeet in the center underneath the spring, diverging from thence to the points where they are intended to reston said axle; and one reach onthe front axle is straight.` These` reaches approach each other just near enough to allow, them to be coupled pto` the spring which `will be f hereafter described. At suitabledistances from the ends of these reaches A, are arrangedthe cross bars B, firmly framed into said reaches, and extending each way to a line nearly flushlwith the sides C, of the carriage body, and around the ends of said cross pieces are fitted one ofl the ends of `the springs D, the other ends thereof being '1 croHNvJoNris, oFiiLYDE, NEW YORK.`

@Letters-Patent No.` 8,234, datedculy a2, 1851.` l

is securely held upon the suspension `rod G,

i, upon which the lower end of the spiral spring J, rests immediately above it. j Ona bent lever K, which has its fulcra in the staple L and which is firmly secured to the underside of the seat M, of the carriage, is arranged two diverging` arms N, (one of which can only be seen in the drawing) which spread suiiiciently far` to span the main spring o, of the carriage, and to said arms N, is suspendedby means of the straps P, the `plate Q, which has uponeach of its ends ferrules or sleeves R, by which said plate may move up and down upon the stationary guides S, which extend from the under side of the seat tothe frame of the bottom of the body, as the spring O, expands and contracts. The top of the main rod G, is supported `by a cap a, on top of said rod, and the bottom of the said spring by the'straps P, to the arms N, of the bent lever K, as before described. j,

The end of the lever K, where it reaches the bottom of the carriage body is bent round at right angles, and extends to the front of the carriage body, where the vend is passed through a slot c, and into a staple or catch T, where it is firmly held, and when in this position the body of the car-` and rests on the springs asshown in F ig. 2. When it is desired to lower the body onto the reachesto step into it and allow it to drawnout of thestaple or catch T, through and rest on the reaches; and to arrange the lever so as not to be in theway when thus released, a socket or joint, maybe formed in it, so asto entirely remove it, or swing it `to one side. l

The upper end of the spiral spring J, is fastened to the under side ofthe plateQ, and the lower `end thereof is secured to a which rod said spiral spring is arranged.

ing the `body ofthe carriage Afrom being thrown up by any sudden shock, and is a substitute for the stay straps for holding rests upon the plate Q, which is suspended` riage is raised up and off from the reaches,

remain firm without careening, the lever is` the slot` c, and the body is allowed to drop `brace z', on the` suspension rod G, `around This spring J, is for the purpose ofprevent-` down the body as in the ordinary construc-` tion qf carriages, except that wit-h my ar properly arranged', thereon.` `'llhejjp'late by means of a nut H, below it, and a brace i springO, which surrounds the suspension i rangement, the shock is received upon a spring which yields to it, 'and checks it gradually, while the stay straps bring it up y with a sudden jerk.

The seat of the carriage is supported by the braces V, which are secured y to the under side of the seat and curve down and outward, and are secured at their lower ends by screw bolts to the frame of the body.

10 Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent is- The manner herein described of raising the body `onto the springs or lowering it onto the reaches as may be desired, and for 15 the purposes herein fully set forth.

JOHN JONES. 'Witnesses T. C. DONER, A. B. STOUGHTON. 

